Roommates Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, as well as Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, were stabbed to death at the girls’ off-campus home in the early morning hours of Nov. 13. No suspects have been identified. “They all lit up any room they walked into and were gifts to this world. I wish every day I could give them all one last hug and tell them how much I loved them,” one of the roommates said in a statement read by a pastor at a memorial service over the weekend. A photo posted by Kaylee Goncalves just days before their deaths shows University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves. Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram She said Mogen, who was her “big sister” in Pi Beta Phi sorority, was the big sister she “always wanted.” “You always gave me the best advice,” he said. The second surviving roommate said “Maddy and Kaylee were like second moms to me” and “changed the way I look at life.” Goncalves and Mogen were “the inseparable duo,” he said, describing Mogen as compassionate and cheerful and Goncalves as strong and driven. Chapin and Kernodle were the “perfect couple” who had an “unstoppable love affair,” she said. “They would both look at each other with such love,” she said. He added, “I know somewhere Xana and Ethan are together and they’re keeping each other company by watching us and telling us it’s okay.” The two surviving roommates — who police say are not suspects — likely slept through the attacks, authorities said. They were on the ground floor while the four students who were killed were on the second and third floors. Police have not identified the surviving roommates. The home where four University of Idaho students were found dead on November 13, 2022. Heather Roberts/ABC News The killings likely happened around 3 a.m. or 4 a.m., officials said. In the morning, the two roommates called friends because they thought one of the victims on the second floor had passed out and wasn’t waking up, police said. At 11:58 a.m., a 911 call from one of the roommate’s phones requested help for an unconscious person, police said. The identity of the 911 caller has not been released, but police said “multiple people spoke to the 911 dispatcher.” Responding officers found the four victims on the second and third floors, police said. Police said they do not believe anyone in the home at the time of the 911 call was involved. Police urge anyone with information to go digital at fbi.gov/moscowidaho or contact the tip line at [email protected] or 208-883-7180.
